in-joke

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  • n.圈子里的笑话；行内笑话
  • Web式玩笑；圈内人的笑话；圈内人的幽默
Plural Form：in-jokes  

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in-joke
n.
1.
圈子里的笑话；行内笑话a joke that is only understood by a particular group of people

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Definition:
AllAll,圈子里的笑话圈子里的笑话,行内笑话行内笑话,式玩笑式玩笑,圈内人的笑话圈内人的笑话,圈内人的幽默圈内人的幽默
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1.
Leader : He told me in joke that he would like to challenge for singing and dancing the next year.
队长：他开玩笑地告诉我明年想挑战唱歌和表演。
duì zhǎng : tā kāi wán xiào de gào su wǒ míng nián xiǎng tiǎo zhàn chàng gē hé biǎo yǎn 。
sinaurl.cn
2.
Its so contrived it feels like an in-joke for cover-based shooter players.
这一过程是如此机械，感觉似乎是对掩护类射击游戏的嘲笑。
zhè yī guò chéng shì rú cǐ jī xiè , gǎn jué sì hū shì duì yǎn hù lèi shè jī yóu xì de cháo xiào 。
danji.stuorg.com
3.
However, Google Wave's Firefly references are an in-joke. Wave will be best known for its attempt to upgrade email.
但是，GoogleWave关于《萤火虫》的引用，只是一个玩笑，Wave将会由于尝试升级电子邮件而闻名。
dàn shì , GoogleWave guān yú 《 yíng huǒ chóng 》 de yǐn yòng , zhǐ shì yī gè wán xiào , Wave jiāng huì yóu yú cháng shì shēng jí diàn zǐ yóu jiàn ér wén míng 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
I'd thank you to adhere to the truth and not slander me, even in joke!
我得谢谢你照实话说，而不诽谤我，即使是在说笑话！
wǒ děi xiè xiè nǐ zhào shí huà shuō , ér bù fěi bàng wǒ , jí shǐ shì zài shuō xiào hua !
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5.
Don Antonio replied that he neither knew who he was nor whether the defiance was in joke or in earnest.
安东尼奥说，他也不知道这究竟是玩笑还是真的决斗。
ān dōng ní ào shuō , tā yě bù zhī dào zhè jiū jìng shì wán xiào hái shì zhēn de jué dòu 。
novel.tingroom.com
6.
Sometimes a speaker likes to show he "gets" his audience by mentioning some local in-joke or popular person in the community.
有时候，演讲者会讲述一些圈内的笑话或者圈内的知名人物，表明自己“跟听众是一伙的”。
yǒu shí hou , yǎn jiǎng zhě huì jiǎng shù yì xiē quān nèi de xiào huà huò zhě quān nèi de zhī míng rén wù , biǎo míng zì jǐ " gēn tīng zhòng shì yì huǒ de " 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
It was done only in joke.
那只不过是开玩笑罢了。
nà zhǐ bú guò shì kāi wán xiào bà le 。
www.b2b99.com
8.
Tom said it in joke.
汤姆是开玩笑说的。
tāng mǔ shì kāi wán xiào shuō de 。
www.b2b99.com
9.
It is very difficult to get along well with your colleagues if you don't know the in-joke.
要是不知道点圈子里的笑话，和同事们是很难相处好的。
yào shi bù zhī dào diǎn quān zi lǐ de xiào huà , hé tóng shì men shì hěn nán xiāng chǔ hǎo de 。
oral.ebigear.com
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